The Spalding Women's Open Stroke Play was a national women's 72-hole

stroke play Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes. In stroke play, the winner is the player who has taken the fewest strokes over the ...

golf tournament played in England from 1954 to 1959. It was sometimes referred to as the unofficial stroke play championship. The 1954 event was won by

Jean Donald Jean Macalister Donald (married name Anderson; 2 May 1921 – 16 May 1984) was a Scottish golfer. She won the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship three times and played in the Curtis Cup in 1948, 1950 and 1952. She turned professional at the st ...

, who had recently become a professional. The event was preceded by the Women's National Tournament which was held from 1945 to 1951 and again in 1953.

Winners

References

{{Reflist Amateur golf tournaments in the United Kingdom Women's golf in the United Kingdom Recurring sporting events established in 1954 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1959 1954 establishments in England 1959 disestablishments in England